TypingInstructor®Web for Kids

Product Description

The Typer Island AdventureEducational, Entertaining & Motivating!

Typer Island is an exciting place for kids to learn to type. Follow the route to the Castle, traveling in five unique lands. You’ll experience exciting typing challenges, learn new keys, build speed and accuracy, and play fun, multi-level games. Inside the Castle, you’ll find more engaging activities and games to help you refine your keyboarding skills. No other typing program is this fun or challenging!

Get 24/7/365 online typing from anywhere with internet access. There is no software to download, install, or update. Just log in and begin or resume your training.

Explore the Lands of Typer Island! Kids visit The Old West, On the Water, In the Air, Over the Edge, and Under the Sea. In each land they take a series of lessons, challenges, and a skill test—plus games! When they pass the skill test with 86% accuracy of their goal words per minute (which they set), they advance to the next land – until they reach the Castle!

Key Features

Online Learning – 24/7/365

Over 11 Complete Web Typing Plans

Multi-level Typing Games

Play Games with just Learned Keys

Play Games with a Variety of Settings

Proven Educational Typing Methods

Based on 28-year History of Typing Instruction

Follows Guidelines of National Keyboarding Standards

No Software to Install or Update

Security for Every User

Key Benefits

Learn at Any Time – 24/7/365

Learn from Any Location with Internet Access

Select the Typing Plan That Is Right for You

Quickly Build Your Keyboarding Skills

Select a 2nd and 3rd Typing Plan to Increase Your Skills

Creative Ways to Practice Your Typing Skills

Games Enjoyed by Typists of All Skill Levels and Ages

Build Your Typing Skills with Challenging Games

Play Ziggy! Type words fast to turn the top of each pillar a new color-before Ziggy get’s zapped by the bad guys. Try to win all 4 levels!

Play Wild West! Type the words quickly to make them disappear before the birds drag them away! Advance to play inside Bill’s Soda Shop.

Game Explosion! Play Fun, Multi-Level Typing Games
Enjoy practicing your typing skills playing Typing With Sharks. Master challenging keys and escape danger playing in the deep waters. Play Ziggy! See if you can beat all four levels and claim the high score, or see how fast you can type in the Wild West. Over 30 Typing Challenges for kids of all ages!

Rewards Motivate Kids to Practice Typing
Kids collect rewards every step of the way as they visit distinct lands for lessons, challenges, tests, and games. They search for treasures, earn points, and add gold and jewels to their treasure box, on a journey to reach the Castle and become the Ruler of Typer Island. When they reach the Castle, there are more surprises.

Typing Results & Certificates of Achievement
Instant feedback is provided on typing results for Word Per Minute (WPM) Scores & Accuracy Percentages for all lessons, challenges, tests, and games. Kids can select a design and print a certificate of achievement to show they have successfully conquered the Castle and rule Typer Island!

System Requirements*System: Sound Playback Capability/Minimum Resolution: 800 x 600Supported Browsers: Internet Explorer 10.0+/Firefox/Google Chrome/Opera/Safari
* Latest version of Adobe Flash Plug-In or Chrome with Adobe Flash Player enabled.
** Each purchased account allows access to a single user.
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Recent Awards & Endorsements*

Gold Award – TopTenREVIEWS

Children’s Software Revue — All Star Software 5 Star Award

“My students can’t wait to get to the typing lab and practice keyboarding. Your program makes learning to type so much fun—and their parents are thrilled. They know how important it is for their kids to learn touch-typing at an early age.”— Bethany Wang, Oliveira Elementary School, Fremont, California

“Our old typing program was boring and the kids were unmotivated. Now they can’t wait to get to Typer Island! We have seen a dramatic improvement in the touch-typing skills of our students. Typing Instructor for Kids is fantastic!”— Susan Siegel, Librarian/Director, Computer Lab, Conway Grammar School, Conway, Massachusetts

*Awards and quotes may refer to previous Typing Instructor programs. This version of Typing Instructor for Kids was created using the same methods and technologies.
†Typing Instructor for Kids was the #1 best-selling typing program specifically designed for kids.